Disinfectant holder for urinals and water closets



A. MARKOWSKY.

DISINFECTANT HOLDER FOR URINALS AND'WATER CLOSETS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13' I920.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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ALFRED MABKOWSKY, F WOODIBBIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

DISINFECTAII'I I-IOLDER FOR URINALS AND WATER CLOSETS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-cit D131"; 28, 1922.

' e anation filed'Febrnary is, 1920. SeriaLNo. 358,544.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED HAnKousKY,

citizen of the United States, residing at lVoodbridge. in the county of Middlesex and State of 'New Jersey, have invented cer- 'enti material or provided with auxiliary, longitudinal springs afi'ording the necessary elasticity to maintain the holders in place against the inner wall of the closet or urinal and in the path of the flushing water. It is withthis especial type that this invention is most directly concerned.

The object of this invention is to produce a holder for disinfectants or the like,'w].1erein the parts are of special'construction and arrangement believed to materially cheapen the cost of manufacturing and assembling the parts, and to add much to the convenience and ease with which the holder may be applied to a closet or urinal.

In the accompanying drawings the particular construction and arrangement or combination of the parts of this invention are illustrated. Fig. l is a front view of a holder constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the broken line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal 'section of a urinal showing this invention aplied thereto. Fig. 5 shows a modified older.

Throughout the description and drawings the same letter is used to refer to the same part.

Considering the drawings, A is a tubular holder, having the openings a through which flushing water may pass. The holder or container shown is formed of flat teeth B joined together to form annular parts as best shown in Fig. 3, but it is not mtended to confine this invention to that single'construction, as a spiralcoil holder either of washed away by the repeated fiushings of y the urinal or closet.

On the rear of the holder A will be noted a longltudinal rib C, and the endsof this enlargement extend beyond the ends of the holder proper and are marked D; and d. This rib C and its end extensions are in practice formed integrally with and of the same resilient material as is employed to make the holder itself. The rib C and extensions constitute the spring byw-hich the holder is held in place in, the receptacle, for example,-in the urinal E, shown in Fig. 4, and it will-be noted inthis figure thatthe wall of the urinal is: provided with the shoulders e, that are engaged by the ends of the spring extensions D and d. The urinal isprovided with inletsffoi' flushing water, such as the inlets F. C f

In the operation of this inve1'1tion,the holder is filled with the globules b, and then it is bent 0r bowed until it may be introduced into the urinal, or other recept'acle, the ends of the spring marked'Dc andd which extend beyond the holder engage the wall of the receptacle frictionally, or, as illustrated, the ends of the spring may engage the shoulders e or like projections. Now, the tendency of the spring, and of the bowed resilient holder itself is to straighten out, and such eflort maintains the holderin place against the wall of the receptacle and in the path of the flushing water. The desired result in the operation of this invention is that the holder throughout its entire length may be closely held in contact with the wall of the receptacle, in order that the flushing water may all pass either throu h or over the holder and in contact as muc as may be with the disinfectant globules b.

It is considered to be within the purview of this invention to fashion the same of any material, either celluloid or metal, and it-is clear that the spring G and its extending ends may be reenforced, or its resilience increased or diminished by suitably altering itsthickness or the material of which it is composed.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 5 con-' tending beyond the end of the holder and provided with a hooked termination H arranged to engage the shoulder of the urinal.

Having now described this invention, and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a holder having openings through which water may pass, the said holder being formed of resilient material,

' of a receptacleprovided with flushing water inlets, springs extending beyond the ends of the said holder and connected'th'erewith and arranged to engage the wall of the receptacle to maintain the holder in place against the wall in the path of the flushing water. 7 1

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a holder having openings through which water may pass, the

' said holder being formed of resilient material, of a receptacle provided with flushing water inlets, springs extending beyond the ends of the holder and arranged to engage the wall of said receptacle to maintain the holder in lace against said wall in the path of the fius ing water, the said springs being formed integrally with the said holder and being linear extensions thereof.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a tubular holder having openings through which water may pass, the said holder being formed of bendable material, of a receptacle provided with flushing water inlets, springs extending be yond the ends of the holder and connected therewithand arranged to engage the wall of the said receptacle to maintain the said the wallet the said receptacle and to maintain the said holder against the said wall in the path'of the flushing water. a

i '5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a tubular holder having openings through which water may pass,

the said holder being formed of resilient material, of a receptacle provided with flushing water inlets and having shoulders at the sides, linear springs extending beyond the ends of the holder, the ends ofthe said springs arranged to engage said shoulders of the said receptacle and to maintain the said holder in place against the said wall in the path'of the flushing water.

6. A disinfecting device comprising an elongated resilient member formed to lie within the recess beneath the inwardly extending rim of a bowl and to hold disinfecting material in the path of the water flowing from the rim, and strut members carried by the ends of the resilient member and formed to abut against the rear of the bowl to hold the forward portion of the tube against the forward part of the bowl. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALFRED MARKOVVSKY. 

